部
Components

枝 means 'branch'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1071   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-14    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 48    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 39 words   Used in 76 words   Used in 2399 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Kun
   えだ branch
Additional readings
Name    え   ぐさ
Components
⿰  木 tree  支 support  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 枝 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 枝 is used 72 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
Showing:
シ : 33 words FIND ALL
し よ う 0 し よ う 1
1. leaves and branches; foliage
2. unimportant details; inessentials; side issues  (see also: 枝葉末節; esp. しよう)
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
シ (read as じ) : 5 words FIND ALL
つ ま よ う じ 3
noun
toothpick
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
えだ : 33 words FIND ALL
え だ 0
noun
branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
(click the word for examples and links)
え: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
upper branches of a tree  (see also: 下枝)
(click the word to view an additional 2 readings and 1 form, examples and links)
An additional 4 less common words include 枝 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 枝
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 719 (originally: 1315)  Joy o' Kanji : 1315  Key to Kanji: 421 

Cascading kanji view

枝
シ   えだ branch   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
支
シ   ささえる to support   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
又
また again   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×